March 2, 1995
Multiple Methdologies for Studying Educational Multimedia
Major Project

• Select some question or issue to address relating to computers and education
• Select some set of people relevant for the question or issue
• Conduct a major project study

Project Question

• Can be in any content domain
• Can involve any target set of people (that you have access to)

Target Audience

• Can be of any age level
• Can be of any type
• Need to have access

Examples

• See the major projects from last semester's EdPsy 387
• See the major projects from this semester's EdPsy 490i

Project timeline

• Project Proposals due next week (March 9th)
• Feedback by March 16th
• Progress report due March 30th
• Feedback by April 6th
• Draft of final report due by April 27th
• Final report May 11th (written and oral)

The Range of Methodologies

• Naturalistic observation
• Participant observation
• Survey/Questionaire
• Interview
• Quasi-experimental
• Experimental

Kinds of evaluation

• Summative evaluation
• Formative evaluation

Choosing a methdology

• What are your goals?
• How much do you know about what is happening?

For next week:

• Proposal for your major project
• Finish your interactive maps